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Sitcom Mission

Gladiators

By: Stephen Keyworth

Sitcom Mission 2010 finalist

The Time: Ancient. The Place: Rome. Behind the scenes of the gladiatorial arena, slaves, free men and Emperors fight to survive. With jokes.

Series created by Stephen Keyworth and Tom Calder.

Credits

Cast Character
Stephen Harvey ... Julius
John Dorney ... Harry
Charlotte Jo Hanbury ... Bronwyn
Graham Elwell ... Tribune
Elicia Daly ... Empress Flavia
Stephen Evans ... Omnipitus
Clive Greenwood ... Emperor Titus

Stephen Keyworth

Stephen Keyworth: A graduate of the BBC Writers Academy, Stephen has written for EastEnders, Doctors and Casualty. Other work includes My Difficult Second Album, Gondwanaland and Love My Rifle More Than You for Radio 4, Mad For It at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, and Zimbabwe Boy for Flight 5065 at the National Theatre.

Tom Calder: Tom is writer-director of the feature film First Light - a darkly comic pavement/road movie across nocturnal London, looking at addiction (currently in production). He has written and directed award-winning short films, toured with the RSC and trained as an actor at RADA.

Maggie Inchley (Director)

Maggie Inchley is a freelance theatre and comedy director. She is co-artistic director of the Comedians Theatre Company and is currently running Itch: A Scratch Event at the Pleasance. The event is for stand-ups and comic performers to try out new work, both serious and playful, physical and musical. Catch Itch at Pleasance London or in Edinburgh this summer. New scripts and enquiries: comedianstheatre@googlemail.com